Freedom From Relevance
John Sullivan of the Free Software Foundation, responding to Steve Jobs’s “Thoughts on Flash”:
H.264, despite Jobs’s claim, is not a free standard — patents
necessary to implement it are held by a group that requires all
users to agree to a license with restrictive terms.
Jobs never said H.264 was [...]
How Wired.com Tracked the iPhone Finder
Brian X. Chen:
And so the hunt for clues began — a week after Gizmodo broke its story. By then, Hogan had deleted his Facebook profile, and presumably every other social networking profile he owned, in an effort to hide. That made the search difficult, but his attempt to disappear was already a major clue that [...]
NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Storm in a D Cup
What’s in a name? Quite a bit it would seem
Sometimes, a website recommendation comes our way by the oddest of means. This one was spotted on the side of a car in London’s Ladbroke Grove and just made us laugh – what a great name!
We love a play on words. The art of the pun [...]
iLounge on iPad 3G Battery Life
They got over eight hours of battery life while reloading a large web page over 3G every 60 seconds.
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Ins and Outs of the 3G iPad AT&T Service Plans
Glenn Fleishman on the ipad’s 3G networking setup and use.
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